Questions & Answers on English Phonetics and Phonetics Teaching & Learning_UCL Summer Course 2007

Prof John C. Wells (University College London), Dr Patricia Ashby (University of Westminster), Prof Jack Windsor Lewis (University of Leeds), Prof Jane Setter (University of Reading) and Prof Masaki Taniguchi (Kochi University, Japan) answer questions on English phonetics and about teaching and learning Engish pronunciation, rhythm and intonation in the Question Time chaired by Dr Brian Mott (University of Barcelona) at the University College London Summer Course in English Phonetics on 24th August 2007. Keywords: phonetic symbols, transcription, orthography, acquisition, spelling reform, historical changes, Cockney, Estuary English, RP (Received Pronunciation), phonemic contrast, pronunciation, rhythm, intonation, tone, High Fall, Low Fall, High Rise, phoneticians’ plight, ear training, false friends (words in different languages which resemble each other in form, but which express different meanings), click, Simplified Spelling Society, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Daniel Jones, Noam Chomsky, J. D. O'Connor, Ken Livingstone, Sue Fox, morphology, Great Vowel Shift, GOOSE-fronting, _King’s English_, glottal stop, TRAP vowel, HappY vowel, L-vocalization, Singapore English, Bangladeshi English, Indian English, Bethnal Green, East End of London, Essex, London Jamaican, BBC Learning English, segments, suprasegmentals, (Low/High) Fall, (Low/High) Rise, Rise-Fall, Fall-Rise, EFL (English as a foreign language). References: Wells, John C. (1982) Accents of English Vol. 1: An Introduction; Vol. 2: The British Isles; Vol. 3: Beyond the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. Wells, John C. (2006) English Intonation Cambridge University Press. Wells, John C. (1990, 2000 and 2008) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary Pearson Education.